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THE CARLIN CASE

What started out as a small moment
on Paul Gorman's free-form program,
Lunchpail, is now a Supreme Court
case. The airing of comedian George
Carlin's monologue, 'The Seven Words
You Can't Say on Television", landed
WBAI in court with the Federal Com-
munications Commission. This resulted
last spring in a decision by U.S. Court
of Appeals which overruled the FCC —
declaring its anti-indecency guidelines
unclear and its action against WBAI an
improper use of censorship.

Initially, Pacifica was alone in de-
fending the right to broadcast the seven
words (which, by the way, are "fuck,"
"shit," "piss, " "mother-fucker," "cock-
sucker," "cunt," and "tit"); the broad-
cast establishment was wary of joining
a struggle against the FCC. We received
no support ; in fact, we were told we'd
lose. Yet we won a victory in a battle
that almost no one knew was going on.
Now that the Supreme Court has taken
on the case, it's receiving national
coverage (TV Guide, with a circulation
of 68 million, recently ran an article) —
and the broadcast establishment is
finally realizing that their interests are
also at stake (NBC and the National
Association of Broadcasters have both
expressed interest in filing amicus
briefs).

The issue here is not a question of
dirty words, but of the power of a
federal agency to determine what
people can or cannot hear over the
public airwaves. This question has
already been answered in the realms of
print and film; language that is com-
mon to the people is already common

by Joe Cuomo

in contemporary films and books (so
much so that the controversy surround-
ing Norman Mailer's suggestive use of
the word "fugg " in The Naked and the
Dead seems almost laughable today).
But radio and TV are still constricted
by the standards that were antiquated
for non-broadcast media in the sixties.

Pacifica has consistently acted re-
sponsibly, creatively, and aggressively,
with regard to broadcast freedoms.
Some time ago, after WBAI broadcast
live phone calls from inmates in New
York City jails, the station refused to
hand over tapes of those calls when
they were subpoenaed by the Man-
hattan District Attorney. (The tapes
were to be >ised to prosecute prisoners
through voice print identifications).
The then Station Manager at 'BAl, Ed
Goodman, went to jail over the issue.

With regard to the Carlin Case, there
is a crucial and expensive struggle
ahead (listeners should note, however,
that monies regularly donated to the
Station are not used toward our court
expenses: sometime in April or May,
Carlin himself will be doing a benefit to
help defray these expenses) . As it comes
before the nation's Supreme Court, the
case of the FCC v. WBAI-Pacifica
could finally (and for some time to
come, irreversibly) decide whether or
not the government has the right to
determine what broadcasters can or
cannot say.

Lisa Ryan

GEORGE PLIMPTON:
Excerpt from an Interview

George Plimpton, author of Shadow Box, is interviewed by Bill Kortum, Satur-
day, March 4 at 11:00 P.M.
March folio

George Plimpton is a founder of The Paris Review and co-editor of The Paris
Review Interviews: Writers at Work (Viking/Penguin). He's written many books
on sports — perhaps his best known being Paper Lion (Harper & Row/Signet),
which was about his stint as a participatory journalist with the Detroit Lions. He's
also a special contributor to Sports Illustrated and an associate editor of Harper's
Magazine.

What follows is an excerpt from an interview I recently did with him. We
talked mostly about his latest book. Shadow Box (G.P. Putnam's).

Bill Kortum

BK : How do you feel about boxing?

GP: Boxing was something that I went to— when 1 began doing it as a journalist
— with preconceptions that I wouldn't really enjoy doing it. And, indeed, the
pleasure has been in studying the other people who do it. Doing it oneself does not
give me any pleasure whatsoever. I'm not a man who likes to be hit on the nose.
And I've never really liked to try to hit other people on the nose.
BK: I read an interview that you did a number of years ago, where you talked
about dramatic confrontations and the essential nature of sport.
GP: Well, 1 think the thing about boxing is that it is the most dramatic of the
confrontations — the simplest, the most primal, the most ancient — one man versus
another. Modern sports is so cluttered up with teams and the mechanics of a huge
warfare going on that sometimes one forgets — the confrontation is submerged in
the mass of people and in the difficulty of understanding the game. Yet, some-
how, to get back to a simple struggle between two people in a ring — governed as
they are by rules — is the most dramatic confrontation of them all, which is why
the attention of the world is riveted when you have the heavyweight champion-
ship fight. Contmuedonpagee.

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Jessica Raimi

THE CARLIN CASE

Initially, Pacifica was alone in de-
fendir\g the right to broadcast the seven
words (which, by the way, are "fuck,"
"shit," "piss, " "mother-fucker," ""cock-
sucker,"" ""cunt,"" and "'tit"); the broad-
cast establishment was wary of joining
a struggle against the FCC. We received
no support ; in fact, we were told we'd
lose. Yet we won a victory in a battle
that almost no one knew was going on.
Now that the Supreme Court has taken
on the case, it's receiving national
coverage (TV Guide, with a circulation
of 68 million, recently ran an article) —
and the broadcast establishment is
finally realizing that their interests are
also at stake (NBC and the National
Association of Broadcasters have both
expressed interest in filing amicus
briefs).

by Joe Cuomo

in contemporary films and books (so
much so that the controversy surround-
ing Norman Mailer's suggestive use of
the word "fugg" in The Naked and the
Dead seems almost laughable today).
But radio and TV are still constricted
by the standards that were antiquated
for non-broadcast media in the sixties.

With regard to the Carlin Case, there
is a crucial and expensive struggle
ahead (listeners should note, however,
that monies regularly donated to the
Station are not used toward our court
expenses; sometime in April or May,
Carlin himself will be doing a benefit to
help defray these expenses) . As it comes
before the nation's Supreme Court, the
case of the FCC v. WBAI-Pacifica
could finally (and for some time to
come, irreversibly) decide whether or
not the government has the right to
determine what broadcasters can or
cannot say.

Lisa Ryan

GEORGE PLIMPTON:
Excerpt from an Interview

George Plimpton, author of Shadow Box, is interviewed by Bill Kortum, Satur-
day, March 4 at 11 : 00 P.M.
March Folio

George Plimpton is a founder of The Paris Review and co-editor of The Paris
Review Interviews: Writers at Work (Viking/Penguin). He's written many books
on sports — perhaps his best known being Paper Lion (Harper & Row/Signet),
which was about his stint as a participatory journalist with the Detroit Lions. He's
also a special contributor to Sporfs Illustrated and an associate editor of Harper's
Magazine.

What follows is an excerpt from an interview I recently did with him. We
talked mostly about his latest book. Shadow Box (G.P. Putnam's).

Bill Kortum

BK: How do you feel about boxing?

GP: Boxing was something that 1 went to— when 1 began doing it as a journalist
— with preconceptions that 1 wouldn't really enjoy doing it. And, indeed, the
pleasure has been in studying the other people who do it . Doing it oneself does not
give me any pleasure whatsoever. I'm not a man who likes to be hit on the nose.
And I've never really liked to try to hit other people on the nose.
BK: I read an interview that you did a number of years ago, where you talked
about dramatic confrontations and the essential nature of sport.
GP: Well, I think the thing about boxing is that it is the most dramatic of the
confrontations — the simplest, the most primal, the most ancient — one man versus
another. Modern sports is so cluttered up with teams and the mechanics of a huge
warfare going on that sometimes one forgets — the confrontation is submerged in
the mass of people and in the difficulty of understanding the game. Yet, some-
how, to get back to a simple struggle between two people in a ring — governed as
they are by rules — is the most dramatic confrontation of them all, which is why
the attention of the world is riveted when you have the heavyweight champion-
ship fight . Contmued on page 6.

pages

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Zaiisk, Laura Aldricfa, Doooa Allegra. Jessica FaktEbi. Diane Torr, Rosemarie Reed, Rose Jordan,
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processing director)

FOUO

Jessica Raimi (editor), Andrea Torrice (advertising manager), Doug Frost, Carl Zeichner. Contributors
to this issue: Joe Cuomo. Michael Griffin. Bill Kortum. Dan O'Mcara. Lisa Ryan, April VoUincr, Larry
Weil. Carl Zeichner

WBAI is on the air 24 hours a day. broadcasting at a bequency of 99.5 MHz. Our transmitter b located
in the Empire Sute Building, and we broadcast with an ef T eJ tiv e radiated power of 5.4 kw (horizontaO
and 3.&5 kw (vertical). Power equivalent to 50 kw at 500 feet. Our antenna staixis 1223 feet above
average terrain. The studios are located at 359 East 62 Street. New York, N.Y. 10021. Subscriptions and
donations may oe sent to WBAI. P.O. Box 12345, Church Street Station. New York, NY. 10249.
Business inquiries may be made by calling during working hours at (212) 825-0400. Our usual on-the-air
number b (212) 371-5200. WBAI b owned and operated by the Pacifica Foundation, a non-profit
corporation operating four other stations in Washington. D.C.. Los Angeles, Berkeley and Houston.

Production costs for the Folio are made possible, in part, through a grant fiom the Corporation for
t>ublic Broadcasting

page 4

Pacifica will soon celebrate its thirtieth birthoay. We have outlived LIFE, LOOK. RAM-
PARTS, Nixon, the Vietnam War. and financial crisis. Some say the most political thing
we can do is to survive. But we have done more than that. We have had children — WPFW,
our Washington station, is a year old, and KPFT in Houston has survived two bombings.
And WBAI is the force behind the Carlin case.

What is the Carlin Case? It's a long story, but 111 try to make it short. Paul Gorman, oui
well-known and always adventurous producer, broadcast a recorded monologue by
comedian George Carlin entitled 'The Seven Worlds You Can't Say on Television," on
October 30, 1973. A listener found it offensive and complained to the Federal Coinmimica-
tions Cominission. The Coinmission ruled against the stabon and Pacifica took the case to
the courts. In the Appellate Division we won. They ruled that those words, at least when
used in a context having social relevance, were permissible on the air. The Commission
appealed this decision to the Supreme Court, which agreed to hear the case during its
current term.

What does all tliis mean? The Supreme Court's decision will have immeitse significance
not orJy for Pacifica, but for all of broadcasting. The decision will establish not only what
may be broadcast on the airwaves, but will also set a precedent concerning the powers of
the FCC.

This stniggle has been a long and cosdy one. We owe our lawyers a great deal of moitey
for defending us in this case. But we are proud to have challenged existing standards.
That's what Pacifica has been known for, for almost thirty years.

Sincerely,

We welcome letters to the editor on
any subject of interest to the subscrib-
ers of WBAI. Please adciress letters to
Folio Editor, WBAI, 359 East 62 Street,
New York, New York 10021. Please in-
clude your name, address and phone
number.

Complaint

Thanks, but.

It was mentioned in a recent marathon
that WBAI has "something to offend every-
one.' On Jan. 22 as part of the Audio Ex-
perimental Theater Day I heard part of a
reading that has forced me to question the
fundamental validity of the station. I am of-
fended not as an individual of a particular
socio-economic strata, but as a human be-
ing. The man reading was describing his
part in a violent encoimter where, to para-
phrase, he and several other men forcibly
took a woman, cut off her arms with a meat
grinder and raped her. Accompanying this
were "poetic statements" such as "and she
wasn't even a good fuck. " I didn't listen
long enough to find out whether it was fic-
tion or fact but that is just about as irrel-
evant as asking is it art? It isn't enough to
preface shows as such with a warning that I
might find the language offensive. Lan-
guage is inert.

For years WBAI has served to amplify
the collective consciousness of its listeners
but the process has reversed. The attain-
ment of any extreme position is the point
where it begins to turn into its opposite.
C.G. Jimg called this process "erumtiodro-
mia. " Perhaps WBAI should change its call
ktterstoWCIA.

James Ricd

Yes

Congratulations to one of the best Folios
BAI has had. I inean the January Folio. It
has a wealth of information and the many
extras in art and artides make it very
special.

Did you know that the powerful photo-
graph by Roman Vishniac appears in The
Family of Man (the photographic exhibit
[organized by] Edward Steichen). on page
49.

Mariaiuie E. Perten

I know the critical condition you are in. I

like your station so I'm trying to help. I
don't have enough mone>' to subscribe be-
cause my allowance is only 50c a week so I
am trying to help in another way. I think
you d get more customers if you had com-
mercials. Almost e%'er\' chaime] on the
radio has commercials so they re booming
with business. "You see the fact is you are
almost unknown except for the people who
listen to you which certainly fe too few.

Adam
Your loyal listener
P.S. My parents subscribe to you.

Don't you think Roger
is Trilling?

Here I was ready to start preparing for our
dinner — I began turning the radio dial and
suddenly heard some great sound —

I stopped and had to continue listening —
can you imagine a sixty-six year old — five
foot one— 118-pound woman dancing
around her kitchen to the sound and great
rhythm of "One Step Forward" — (which is
what the young man called Roger Trilling
said it was later on. I just had to call him
and tell him how good it fell to hear that
type of concordance of sound. )

I loved it! And now you have a fan of
WBAI

Sylvia Shuhnan

Dear Editress:

Thank you for the fine Folio which we are
now receiving on time. Why a full page ad
for womperson wri tresses?

G. C. Michaels

Masthead and titles by April Vollmer.

Typesetting by Myma Zimmerman. US ISSN 9942-9554

Continued on page 1 7.

March Folio

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5:00 EARTH WATCH ~

Live radio with Robert Knight.

7:00 RADIO aTY

Live radio with Sara Fishko.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

MORNING MUSIC

Presented by Jim Theobald, vifho practices

what he preaches.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

SOUND ART

"Art. as it is expressed and experienced in
sound, is the content of this hour. Ten art-
ists with national or international reputa-
tions will share the enormous space which.
WBAl's frequency-modulated signal will
provide." Produced by James Umland.

4:00 COMMUNITY MEETING
OF THE AIR

Public housing— the effects of high-rise
versus low-rise density. With members of
the City University Environmental Psy-
chology Center. Hosted by Richard Barr.
(This program made possible in part by a
grant from the N.Y. State Council on the
Arts.)

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

6:30 NEWS

With Marty Goldensohn.

7:15 SPECTRUM: CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT AUDIO

A question-and-answer program devoted to
listeners' calls about any area of audio.
Hosted by Rodger Parsons.

8 : 00 AN INTERVIEW WITH
TOM MAROTTA

Tom Marotta is a photograoher and author
of For They Are My Friends. He is current-
ly working on a book of interviews with
photographers. Produced by Joe Cuomo.

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1:00 THE PUERTO RIC AN
NATIONALIST PRISONERS
On March 1, 1954, four Puerto Rican na-
tionalists attacked the United States Con-
gress to call attention to demands for Puerto
Rican independence. Three of them are still
in prison. Rafael Cancel Miranda, one of
those who took part in the attack, and
Zoraida Collazo, daughter of a Puerto
Rican nationalist imprisoned after a similar
incident in 1950, talk about this nationalist
movement, and about being political pris-
oners in the United States. Produced by
Celeste Wesson. (Rebroadcast.)

1:30 THE GOOD CITY
UNDERGROUND ROCK SHOW

Punk and new-wave music, presented by
Bob Alexander.

3 : 00 BREAD AND ROSES

The Madness Network with Project Release.
Members of the upper west side commu-
nity, legislators and a representative from
the Department of Mental Health take on
the issue of the dumping of mental patients.

Morch Folio

9:00 THE CONCERNED PHOTOG-
RAPHER-CORNELL CAPA

Barbara Londin talks to Cornell Capa
about the basic concepts of photog-
raphy, its history, the excitement of
the "immediate future," the meaning of
"concerned photography" and the es-
tablishment of the International Center
of Photography

10:00 BIX AND BEYOND

Jazz with Dick Sudhalter.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

LIVE FROM THE NUYORICAN
POETS CAFE

Live music, drama, interviews, poetry.

HMUM

aFaaiiE

"Don't you think Bob Pass should be back on BA17" The program host may be trying to
conduct a discussion on existentialism, Oklahoma, or the personals column of the Hew
York Review of Books-an practically anything except— Bob Pass- when there's a caller
with the above question. And Bob Pass, of course, isn't the only reason for those who feel
the afflatus to steer discussion In their directions: someone might call seeking advice on
whether he should continue to date Sharon Tate, or another caller might want to let us
know there's a good movie playing on channel seven.

What better way to stop such verbal incontinence than to hang up. Ah, but the host who
does this will, within minutes, be accused of being proto-fascist — or worse, hell hear that
the movie is starring Jan and Dean. And, "Who are you to put down Jan and Dean? They're
the source of rock — bigger than the Beatles or Presley, that bum " If the caller really wants
to give the impression he's thought about the "big picture," the host will get the "but-every-
one-wants-to-discuss-Pass-and-this-is-free-radio " argument, or maybe there'll be an appeal
on free speech grounds. The trouble with these two arguments, however, is that the people
who espouse them spend entirely too little time thinking.

Even if free speech is at issue here, an appeal to it certainly won't provide justification
lor the impertinent caller. Consider the following hypothetical situation; You are attend-
ing a speech, and during the question and answer period, you and a few friends try to
monopolize conversation with a barrage of questions to the speaker about, say. Bob Pass.
Isn't it clear that your behavior only serves to disrupt the speech, thereby abridging both
the speaker's right to free speech and the listeners' right to free association? "Disturbing
assemblies " statutes exist to deter such disruption and to safeguard the rights of speaker
and audience.

Consider now a BAI call-in show that has, say, a thousand listeners, ten of whom are
vociferously persistent Pass fans. This one percent of the audience could bombard the host
with Pass questions. Do you think these callers would not be infringing the rights of the
host, and the other ninety-nine percent of the audience? Perhaps one might feel he has a
constitutional right to be obnoxious, but clearly the program host is under no constitution-
al imperative to put up with such crap. The response should be easy and instantaneous:
politely hang up.

Disregard of minimal rules of decorum will completely vitiate the commitment of free
radio to provide interesting and enjoyable programs. Perhaps these callers with the irrel-
evant questions are lonely and crying out for help. But if one is concerned with this prob-
lem, a solution would be a program to discuss loneliness and alienation— or a program for
which no call is irrelevant.

Our problem probably has little to do with free speech or free radio, but it has a lot to do
with manners. But an appeal to good manners is often considered reactionary. Perhaps,
for those who consider manners a bourgeois affectation, the debate is better joined by
appeals to free radio and free speech.

—Daniel J. O'Meara, Jr.

Daniel J. O'Meara has never heard Radio Utmameable or any program with Bob Fass.

We hope this will be a regular column presenting differing views concerning freedom of
speech.

%,id*f

3:00 AMERICAN PIE

Live radio and recorded rock and roll, vtith
Ira Leibin.

7:00 ROOM 101

Live radio with Steve Post.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC
Presented by Jude Quintiere

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY
BLACKLIST: THE THIRTIETH
ANNIVERSARY

A program commemorating this anni-
versary, originally presented in Janu-
ary at the Stephen Wise Free Synagogue
and featuring Ring Lardner, Jr., Ossie
Davis, Howard DaSilva, Martha
Schlamme, Eliot Asinof and Jay Gor-
ney. They talk of the blacklist, their
encounters with it, and the need for
continued vigilance to prevent a repeti-
tion of this historical period.

1:30 A TASTE OF THE BLUES

Part Three of Tom Pomposello's docu-
mentary on the history of the New York
City blues scene.

3:00 BREAD AND ROSES
Members of Consumers Union, (who pub-
lish Consumer Reports) talk about Penny
Power, their consumer magazine for urban
children.

4:00 THE NEXT SWAN >

Live radio with Mickey Waldman. '*

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

6: 15 COMMUNI"rY BULLETIN BOARD

6:30 NEWS

With Marty Goldensohn.

7:30 URBAN FREE DELIVERY

A weekly radio magazine, with interviews,
news analysis and features. Produced by
Celeste Wesson and the Public Affairs De-
partment.

8:30 HOW TO READ DONALD DUCK

June Nash, anthropology professor at City
College, interviews Ariel Dorfmann, Chil-
ean exile and co-author of How to Read
Donald Duck, about political events and
about his book. Produced by Celeste
Wesson.

9:00 EVERYWOMANSPACE

The first in a series of interviews with wom-
en working in womens history, anthropol-
ogy, and related fields. Produced by Eileen
Zaiisk.

10:00 JAZZ SAMPLER
Teddy Wilson, Part Two: Teddy as leader
and sideman, including the famous Billie
Holiday small group recordings, and Wil-
sons involvement in some of the original
recordings of the bop movement. Presented
by Bill Parrar.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE FAMILY ELECTRIC THEATRE
INITIALLY PRESENTS
F.E.T. on BAI, with the ITT. report on
the S.E.C., sent COD., delivered D.O.A.
Live (7) radio with Andy Bleiberg, Mike
Teitelbaum, and Nick Petron.

pages

GEORGE PLIMPTON:

Continued from page 3.

BK: In Shadow Box, you describe arrangements you'd made for two exhibition
matches — one with Archie Moore and another with Muhammad Ali. Did you
have fantasies at any point of winning either of those matches?
GP: Absolutely none. I'm not built like a fighter. And I've had no training at it.
Although I did train for six months to get ready for Mr. Moore, I knew that I was
doomed. And, indeed, I found out very much what it was like, because he had an
idea I was somebody else — somebody who was trying to show him up. He'd been
led to believe this by a friend of mine who put the idea into his mind sort of
satanically. So Moore was very suspicious in the first round. He threw out some
very stiff punches. And my nose collapsed. And there was quite a lot of bleeding.
What I hope to have happen as a participatory journalist — to use that awful
phrase — is for things to be very much like they would be if you woke up one
morning in the process of having a Walter Mitty dream and realized that you
really did have to get into the ring with a champion. And so you have to hope
that the situation is going to be as realistic as possible, which, of course, means
that humiliation is assured — because the amateur in the ring with a great profes-
sional has no chance.

BK : Shadow Box must've taken you ten years or so to put together.
GP; It does cover ten years of what I remember about boxing, 'cause I was sent
by Sports Illustrated — which I work for — to cover the Muhammad Ali-Liston
fight. So from the very beginning I covered Ali's career. And he's sort of the great
focal figure in the book. There's also a great sense of guilt that a lot of us had
when we couldn't really do very much to help Ali, when he refused to join the
Army in Houston — and he had his title taken away from him. He spent a little
over three years actually in limbo — unable to fight, unable to practice his profes-
sion. The Boxing Commission's decision to take his title away was eventually
overruled by a Supreme Court decision: You can't take a man's profession away
from him because he doesn't want to fight in the Army. But we all had tried to
help Ali without any luck at all — so that there was a feeling that this man had lost
his heavyweight championship, and we couldn't legally get it back. So that fight
in Zaire— when he won the championship back on his own against George Fore-
man — I thought was the greatest sports spectacle I've ever seen. Ali won the title
back in the purest way — by doing it himself. So that was highly dramatic. And it
sort of provided a framework for this book. Shadow Box. You see, an assuage-
ment of guilt is also part of what the book is about; and ties it, I think, together.
Because the whole book is about people taking matters into their own hands — not
only prize fighters; but writers, gangsters. There's a whole bevy of people I seem
to have stuck in there, who point up this principle of finally doing something on
your own — cutting through the nonsense. There's something very appealing
about seeing that work.

He shouted at me,
"Do you think you can do any better?"

BK : Shadow Box describes a couple of fights that you had with Ernest Heming-
way. The verbal one dealt with your interview with him for The Paris Review.
GP: Well, they weren't really fights, you know. I think he was impatient at the
amount of time that I was asking of him. He was a terrific professional and
always felt bothered — particularly, I think, toward the end of his life — by tele-
phones and by reporters and by being kept from his work. And here I was:
another one — a person coming down there and bothering him with questions
about writing. And he was a prickly man to interview on that subject, because he
thought that it was a private task — and it was hurt by people nibbling away at it,
asking questions. And so the interview with him which was done for The Paris
Review does show that. I'd asked him about the significance of birds in some of
his short stories — these white birds that suddenly appear. They usually appear
when there's a sex scene. He doesn't have too many sex scenes, but there always
seems to be a bird floating around. And the one that carhe to my mind is the bird
that flies out of the gondola in Across the River and Into the Trees ; when Colonel
Cantwell is making love to the princess, and all of a sudden a white bird flies out
of the gondola. What on earth could that be? I mean it's such a surprising thing in
Hemingway, who was not really given to that type of symbolism. Sometimes he
talks about the high ground and the low ground — these sort of geographic, sym-
bolic places. The hills being the pure place. And the valleys and bogs being the
opposite. But what on earth was this thing flying out of the gondola? Well, I
remember asking him. And he really got upset. He thought I was being critical
about this white bird. And I was just curious. I wasn't being critical at all. But, I
remember, he shouted at me, "Do you think you can do any better?" — which was
a hell of a thing for this great writer to yell at someone of my tender years and no
track record. Of course I couldn't do better. But he was very sensitive about
things like that. They weren't really fights. They were just displays of pique and
sensitivity about a craft that he cared desperately about.

BK : I guess he had arguments with just about everybody he knew at one time or
another. It may have been a means of isolating himself.

GP: I think he did isolate himelf from a lot of people — like Archibald MacLeish,
F. Scott Fitzgerald, and a lot of his Paris friends. I don't know why he did that.
The answer most people come up with was that he was such an intensely com-
petitive person that that's the way he began to think about most people — particu-
larly writers. . . .

The entire interview with George Plimpton will be broadcast at 11PM, Saturday,
March 4th.

page 6

5:00 HOUR OF THE WOLF

The Friday morning science fiction extrava-
ganza, with Jim Freund.

7:00 ROOM 101

Live radio with Steve Post.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC

Presented by Bill Hellerman.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOIJNCEMENTS

URBAN FREE DELIVERY

A public affairs magazine, rebroadcast
from March 2.

1 :00 TOWARD A NATIONAL
URBAN POLICY

Politicians and labor and business leaders
discussed the problems of the cities and
proposed urban policies at a conference
held last fall by the New Democratic Forum,
a Democratic group formed to influence the
urban policy programs of the Carter ad-
ministration. Produced by Gregory Firaga.
(Rebroadcast.)

1:30 GRASS ROOTS OF MUSIC

Kathy Kaplan and Frank Mare present the
best of traditional and old-time blue-grass
music. Produced by Don Wade.

3 : 00 BREAD AND ROSES

Consumerism and health, with Jay Miller.

4 : 00 THE NEXT SWAN

Live radio with Mickey Waldman.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

6:30 NEWS

With Marty Goldensohn.

7:15 WHAT'S UP?

A program about astronomy and the known
universe, with Dr. Mark Chartrand, chair-
man of the American Museum Hayden
Planetarium. Produced by Mark Chartrand
and Jim Freund.

8:00 GAY RAP

First Friday: A free-form show, produced
by David Wynyard.

10:00 SCRAPPLE FROM THE APPLE

Jazz with Jamie Katz.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

LISTENING WITH WATSON

Live radio and classical music with Bill
Watson.

5:00 A LONG TIME COMING
AND A LONG TIME GONE
Live radio with Stacyann Pober.

8:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

8:30 THE KID SHOW

With Bill Greene and special guests.

11:00 THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO
From the Black Mass series we present The
Outsider by HP. Lovecrafl, and The Jolly
Corner by Henry lames. Produced for
WBAlbyPaulWunder.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

LUNCHPAIL

Live radio with Paul Gorman.

2:00 THE PIPER IN THE
MEADOW STRAYING
Folk and folk-based music from the British
Isles and North America. Produced by Ed-
ward Haber.

3:00 WOMEN'STUDIES

THE THIRD ANNUAL
ROBIN MORGAN READING

The poet reads from her newest works.
Produced and hosted by Viv Sutherland.

4:00 EL RINCON CALIENTE

Latin music with Carlos De Leon.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

MISCELLANY

6:30 NEWS

With Abraham Aig.

7 : 30 THE DOCU-DRAM A DEBATE :
TELEVISION AS HISTORY

NBC's recent six-hour film on the political
career of Martin Luther King is the latest
example of docu-drama — a television mov-
ie based on a dramatization of actual his-
torical events. The film's impacl on view-
ers, its accuracy, its portrayal of the civil
rights movement, and FBI involvement in
the movement's demise, will be discussed
by media reviewers, television people and
civil rights workers Produced by Paul
Heath Hoeffel.

8:00 MARION'S CAULDRON

Occult news and this month's astrological
transits, with Marion Weinstein.

9:00 FREE MUSIC STORE
To be announced.

11:00 AN INTERVIEW WITH
GEORGE PLIMPTON

Bill Kortum talks with the author of Shad-
ow Box (G.P. Putnam) a book dealing with
the dramatic confrontations in boxing,
death fantasies, and life. George Plimpton
is a founder of The Paris Review and co-
editor of The Paris Review Interviews:
Writers at Work (Viking/Penguin). He has
also written many books on sports, (the
best known, perhaps, is Paper Lion), and is
a contributor to Sports Illustrated and an
associate editor of Harper's Magazine.

12:00 THE LATE NEWS

With Abraham Aig.

PLEASE NOTE: It is this edition of the
weekend news that will be rebroadcast on
Sunday and Monday mornings.

PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN THE DARK

Night radio with Joe Frank.

5:00 SOUNDTRACK
Live radio with Paul Wunder: rapping
about the cinema, news, film, music, movie
reviews, LIVE phone-in.

8:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

Last nights late news, with Abraham Aig.

8:30 HERE OF A SUNDAY MORNING

Early and baroque music, presented by
Chris Whent.

11:00 IN THE SPIRIT

Spiritual discussions with Lex Hixon.

1:00 THE VELVET SLEDGEHAMMER
A women's magazine of the air, featuring
Hot Flashes from Majority Report, plus
reviews, media notes and reports from the
entire range of women's activities. Pro-
duced by the Women's Department.

March Folio

2:30 THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
GOSPEL PROGRAM

A weekly •.urvey of one of the richest and
.Tiost sadly neglected of all the American
musical traditions— presented by Leonard
Lopate.

4:00 WELCOME TO OUR WORLD

Live radio with Ellis Hai^lip.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

MISCELLANY

6:30 NEWS

With Abraham Aig.

7:00 THROUGH THE
OPERA GLASS

The recordings of Enrico Caruso, Part
Eleven, and 'lie last in this series. Pre-
sented by Martin Sokol.

9:30 AUDIO EXPERIMENTAL THEATER
Tom Johnson : Bedford Street.
"It's a slow night at the neighborhood bar.
A stout man with a red nose is downing
another bourbon and water at the rear of
the bar. Next to him, a stout man with a
crooked nose is drinking a stein of beer.
Near the middle of the bar a man is smok-
ing a cigar and drinking a glass of beer. . . "
Tom Johnson performs Bedford Street on
the streets of New York City. Produced by
MikeSappol.

12:00 THE LATE NEWS

With Abraham Aig.

PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

THOUGHT BALLOON

When radio broadcaster Mike Sappol and
his badly injured pilot were rescued after
forty-nine days in the frozen wilderness,
the story made headlines around the world.
How could they have survived seven long
weeks without food and water? What kept
them going? What did they thmk about
during those desperate days of cold, pain
and hunger? A story of remarkable cour-
age, abiding faith, unquenchable hope a
miracle behind the microphone. . . as told
',iy MikeSappol.

tfei&y

5:00 LIVE RADIO

With Beaumont Small.

7:00 THE MONDAY MORNING SHOW

Live radio with Clayton Riley.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC

If you don't read this copy, you will
have an eerie flash of deja-entendu.
James Irsay got a job at V\TIU but they
send his tapes here when they're done
with them, for which we thank them.
A sedate, considered program of clas-
sical music starring James Irsay.

11:00 PHILIP GLASS ENSEMBLE-
KITCHEN CONCERT
Music from Einstein on the Beach: En-
semble Train and Ensemble and Chorus
Spaceship. Recorded in concert at the
Kitchen on March 19, 1976.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

MORE THAN HALF THE WORLD

Live radio with ludie Pasternak.

2:00 STRICKLY ROOTS

Ri-ggae with Roger Trilling

3:00 BREAD AND ROSES

School lunch programs— how they work.
who pays for them, and how school dis-
tricts can run their own programs. Coor-
dinated by Linda LaViolette.

March Folio

4:00 ADVENTURES IN JAZZ
With Mickey Bass.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

6:15 COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

6:30 NEWS

With Marty Goldensohn.

7:15 AMNESTY ACTION

Larry Cox of Amnesty International with a
program on human rights in South Africa.

7:30 THOR'S HAMMER: A WEEKLY
REVIEW OF THE ARTS
Mostly of poetry and fiction, presented by
Joe Cuomo.

9:00 OUR CfTY, OUR LFVES

Dr. Jean Stellman, author of Women's
Work, Women's Health, talks about occu-
pational health and safety conditions and
regulations, and how they affect working
women. Produced by Celeste Wesson.

10:00 THE BREAD GIVERS

Wherein the Smolinskv family, beset
by financial difficulties, race eviction
from their tenement aoartment on Hes-
ter Slre'?i. Wit!t oommentar^' by his-
torian Alice Kessler Harris. Directed
by Nina Mende, and produced by Beth
Friend, Gail Pellett and Nina Mende.

Enrico Caruso in Samson and Delilah. The concluding chapter of the recordings
of Enrico Caruso can be heard Sunday, March 5 at 7:00 P.M. on THROUGH
THE OPERA GLASS.

11:00 ELECTRONIC MUSIC
Presented by Ilhan Mimaroglu.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

ROUND MIDNIGHT

Leonard Lopate's guest tonight is jazz saxo-
phonist Benny Wallace, who will discuss
his music and play some rare concert tapes.

\f£iJL^

5:00 5KYLITE

Live radio with Linda Perry.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC
l^egarding Broadway — "New Faces of
1952". (1952??) Another look backward to
the days when a balcony seat cost $2.30.
Produced by Lynn Samuels.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

OPERATION THUNDERBOLT

This was the computer-selected code name
for the Israeli rescue mission that freed 104
hijacked hostages from Entebbe in Uganda.
Paul Wunder interviews Menahem Golan,
director of the Israeli "spectacular" docu-
menting the event, as well as two women
who were hostages aboard the plane. Pro-
duced by Paul Wunder.

1 : 00 THOR'S HAMMER : A WEEKLY
REVIEW OF THE ARTS
Rebroadcast from March 6.

1 : 30 THE LATIN MUSICIANS HOUR
With Max Salazar.

3 : 00 BREAD AND ROSES
The Grey Panthers.

4:00 LIVE RADIO
With Pepsi Charles.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

6:15 ALTERNATIVE ARTS ACCESS

A small press newsletter, with Joe Cuomo.

6:30 NEWS

With Marty Goldensohn.

After the news: Hot Flashes, women's news
from Majority Report.

page?

7:30 ILLUMINATIONS
A show exploring the life, people and issues
of New York City, as well as reports from
our elected officials in Washington. Pro-
duced by Bill Lynch.

8:30 CARIBBEAN CURRENTS

News and reviews of life in the Islands,
with Annette Walker.

9:00 THE REAL LIVE LESBIAN SHOW
With Carmen Garcia and Rebecca Tron.

10:00 WEATHERBIRD

lazz with Gary Giddins.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

CASUAL LABOR

Live radio with David Levine.

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY

A day of special programs, in which all the
usual programs will be heard, but with an
unusual emphasis on women.

5:00 EARTHWATCH

Live radio with Robert Knight.

7:00 RADIO CITY

Live radio with Sara Fishko.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC

With Eileen Kane's help, we explore the

world of female composers. Produced by

Manya.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY:
WOMEN FROM MANY COUNTRIES
Originally produced for International
Women's Day, 1976, by Viv Sutherland.

1 : 30 THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE IT

Popular music, presented by Georgia
Christgau.

3:00 BREAD AND ROSES

Eileen Zalisk interviews Claudine Dreifus,
editor of Seizing Our Bodies: The Politics
of Women's Health, about the history, poli-
tics and current state of health care for

4:00 PRAXIS

Live radio with Margot Adler.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

6:30 NEWS

With Marty Goldensohn.

7:15 SPECTRUM: CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT AUDIO

Women in Audio: career opportunities for
women in the field. Hosted by Marilyn
Reis.

8 : 00 THE POETRY AND PROSE OF H.D.

H.D. (Hilda Doolittle) is one of the major
poets of this century, yet her work is only
now receivirife the recognition it deserves.
Her books of poetry include Helen in Egypt
{Grove Press), Trilogy (New Directions)
and Hermetic Definitions (ND); her prose
includes Tribute to Freud (Godine Press):
her fiction. Bid Me to Live (Grove). This
program includes excerpts from a panel
discussion of her work, with Marilyn
Hacker, Marie Ponsot, Richard Howard,
and Elizabeth Janeway. Produced by Marie
Ponsot and Joe Cuomo.

page 8

9:30 WOMEN IN JAZZ: PART TWO.

Three hours of discussion and recorded
music by women jazz instrumentalists. Pro-
duced by Dick Sudhalter and Bill Farrar.

12:30 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S NIGHT
Live radio with Viv Sutherland and Judie
Pasternak.

5:00 AMERICAN PIE

Live radio and recorded music with Ira

Leibin.

7:00 ROOM 101

Live radio with Steve Post.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCMEENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC

Presented by Judy Sherman.

8:30 WOMEN IN SCIENCE

An interview with Judith Randall, science
writer for the New York Daily News and
author of many articles on science and
medicine. In this interview, she discusses
her work as a science writer and recent
issues she has covered, such as recombinant
DNA, mammography, and influenza. Pro-
duced by Eileen Zalisk.

9:00 EVERYWOMANSPACE
Donna Allegra interviews Helen Toppins
and Lori Sharpe of the Black Feminist Net-
work. The participants explore a liberation
politics for which both feminism and black
politics have been insufficient. This pro-
gram is one of a scries.

10:00 A DELICATE BALANCE

Jazz with Marian McPartland.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE FAMILY ELECTRIC THEATRE PRE-
SENTS— F.E. MINUS T. . . .
Andy drives Nick and Mike to distraction,
Mike drives Andy and Nick crazy, and
Nick and Mike drive Andy to the airport.
Mike and Nick in the studio, Andy in a
phone booth with lots of quarters. Live
radio with N. Petron, A. Bleiberg and M.
Teitelbaum.

Connie Crothers is featured on WOMEN IN JAZZ:
Part Two, Thursday, March 8 at 9:30 P.M.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

HOUSING NOTEBOOK

With Esther Rand of the Metropolitan
Council on Housing.

1 : 30 A TASTE OF THE BLUES

Pull your windowshade down, push the
tables back. Get out on the floor and let's
ball and jack. Presented by Howard John-
son.

3:00 BREAD AND ROSES

Crime and Punishment. Dave Greenberg
speaks with Barbara Schwartz of the
N.Y.U. Law School, about women in
prisons.

4:00 THE NEXT SWAN

feive radio with Mickey Waldman.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

6: 15 COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

6:30 NEWS_

Wiih Marty Goldensohn.

7:30 URBAN FREE DELIVERY

A weekly radio magazine, with interviews,
news analysis and features, produced by
Celeste Wesson and the Public Affairs
Department.

/»^I<U'

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5:00 HOUR OF THE WOLF

The Friday morning science fiction extrava-
ganza, with Jim Freund.

7:00 ROOM 101

Live radio with Steve Post.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC
Presented by Bill Howie.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

URBAN FREE DELIVERY

A public affairs magazine, rebroadcast from

March 9.

1:00 OPERA NOTEBOOK
With Martin Sokol.

1:30 GRASS ROOTS OF MUSIC

Kathy Kaplan and Frank Mare present the
best of traditional and old-time bluegrass
music. Produced by Don Wade.

3:00 BREAD AND ROSES

Community Action with Luana Robinson. -

4:00 THE NEXT SWAN

Live radio with Mickey Waldman.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

6:30 NEWS

With Marty Goldensohn.

7:15 WHAT'S UP?

A program on astronomy and the known
universe, with Dr. Mark Chartrand, chair-
man of the American Mustum Hayden
Planetarium. Produced by Mark Chartrand
and Jim Freund.

8:00 GAY RAP

The Gay Community and City Hall : Part

One. Produced by Greg Gazis and Larry

Chan.

10:00 SCRAPPLE FROM THE APPLE

Jazz with Jamie Katz.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

LISTENING WITH WATSON

Live radio and classical music with Bill
Watson.

52sf^l>Ua

5 : 00 CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN
POSTAL RATES AND PHILOSOPHY

Walked until I found the building that was
all schools in one. In the gym on the ground
floor they were holding a Four Hour Silent '
Moratorium Against the War. All the dem-
onstrators were supposed to sit on foldit\g
chairs in the dark and keep silent for four
hours. But when I looked in, they were con-
versing, though still in the dark. Live radio
with Jessica Raimi.

8:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

8:30 THE KID SHOW

With Bill Greene and special guests.

11 : 00 THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO

We continue with the Black Mass series,
presenting The Death of H<ilpin Frayzcr
and The Moonlit Road, adapted from sto-
ries by Ambrose Bierce. Produced for
WBAI by Paul Wu.ider.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

LUNCHPAIL

Live radio with Paul Gorman.

2:00 THE PIPER IN THE
MEADOW STRAYING

Folk and folk-based music from North
America and the British Isles, presented by
Edward Haber.

3:00 WOMEN'S STUDIES

Women in Switzerland. Viv Sutherland
talks with Swiss feminist Gret Haller.

4:00 EL RINCON CALIENTE

Latin music with Carlos De Leon.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

MISCELLANY

6:30 NEWS

With Abraham Aig.

7 : 00 AVAILABLE TO YOU AND ME

Lydia Sillman and Barbara Haspel of the
New York State Council on the Arts talk
about media and public access grants. Pro-
duced by Nina Mende.

March Folio

8:00 GROW YOUR OWN

Urban ecology with Liz Christy.

9:00 FREE MUSIC STORE

To be announced.

11:00 RITES OF PASSAGE

An exploration of rites of passage. Some of
the speakers are from a forthcoming psy-
chology conference. Produced by Linda
Perry and Susannah Lippman.

12:00 THE LATE NEWS
With Abraham Aig.

PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN THE DARK

Night radio with Joe Frank.

^i/I^U,

5:00 SOUNDTRACK
Live radio with Paul Wunder: rapping a-
bout the cinema, film music, movie re-
views, interviews, LIVE phone-in.

8:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

8:30 HERE OF A SUNDAY MORNING

Early and baroque music, with Chris
Whent.

11:00 IN THE SPIRIT

Spiritual discussions with Lex Hixon.

1:00 THE VELVET SLEDGEHAMMER

A women's magazine of the air, featuring
Hot Flashes from Majority Report, plus
reviews, media notes and reports from the
entire range of women's activities. Pro-
duced by the Women's Department.

2:30 THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
GOSPEL PROGRAM

A weekly survey of one of the richest and
most sadly neglected of all the American
musical traditions— presented by Leonard
Lopate.

4:00 WELCOME TO OUR WORLD

Live radio with Ellis Haizlip and Bill Lynch.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

MISCELLANY

6:30 NEWS

With Abraham Aig.

7:00 THROUGH THE OPERA GLASS
Ciela's Adriana Le Couvreur, presented by
Martin Sokol.

9:30 LIVE FROM THE NUYORICAN
POET'S CAFE

Music, poetry, radio drama, interviews.

12:00 THE LATE NEWS
With Abraham Aig.

PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

TOOTH AND CLAW

The mfinite variety of quality in sound is
reduced to order by the exact and simple
law of radio in quantity. The system so
defined still contains the unlimited element
in blank intervals, but the unlimited is no
longer a timeless continuum
More with Mike Sappol.

9:00 OUR CITY, OUR LIVES

Featuring the National Black Feminists Re-
port with Donna Allegra. Produced by
Elaine Baly.

5:00 LIVE RADIO

With Beaumont Small.

7:00 THE MONDAY MORNING SHOW
Live radio with Clayton Riley.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC
Early music with "Six ".

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

MORE THAN HALF THE WORLD

Live radio with Judie Pasternak.

2:00 STRICKLY ROOTS

Reggae with Roger Trilling.

10:00 THE BREAD GIVERS

In which Rcb Smolinsky stands trial,
and Mrs. Smolinsky reminisces about
life in the old country. With com-
mentary by historian Alice Kessler
Harris. Directed by Nina Mende, and
produced by Beth Friend, Gail Pelletl
and Nina Mende.

11:00 HEARING MUSIC

A program on music and sound — what
they might be, and how you can enjoy and
use them. Tonight, rhythm— what we all
got. Produced by Jim Theobald.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

ROUND MIDNIGHT

An evening with contributors to Paranoids
Anonymous Newsletter, hosted by Leonard
Lopate.

Tape is in short supply at the station.

March Folio

3:00 BREAD AND ROSES

The Foundation for Alternate Cancer Ther-
apies (F.A.C.T) What are your chances
with cancer?

4:00 ADVENTURES IN JAZZ
With Mickey Bass.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

6:15 COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

6:30 NEWS

With Marty Goldensohn.

7:30 THORS HAMMER: A WEEKLY

REVIEW OF THE ARTS

Mostly of poetry and fiction. Presented this

week by Wesley Brown. Produced by Joe

Cuomo.

8:00 THE ITALIAN COMMUNIST
PARTY-HISTORIC COMPROMISE
OR HISTORIC COP-OUT?

The Italian Communist Party holds Italy's
future in its hands. While it has enormous
strength in the trade unions, and controls
many important municipal governments, it
faces opposition from the left, the right, the
outside and the inside. In this program we'll
attempt to clarify some of these divisions
and criticisms, and to predict whether
Italy's future and that of the Party are one.
Produced by Judith Murray and Dave
Metzger.

5:00 SKYLITE

Live radio with Linda Perry.

7 : 00 THE TUESDAY MORNING SHOW

Live radio with Clayton Riley.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC

Presented by Gregory Reeve.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEW YORK AS YOU DONT KNOW IT

This time, it's about the wonders of Queens.
Find out about them when Barbara Londin
speaks with Sidney Horenstein.

1:00 THORS HAMMER: A WEEKLY
REVIEW OF THE ARTS

Rebroadcast from March 13.

1:30 SOUNDS OF BRAZIL
Brazilian popular music, presented by Mil-
dred Norman.

3:00 PRE AD AND ROSES
The Day Care Action Coalition.

4:00 LIVE RADIO
With Pepsi ChaHes.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

6:15 ALTERNATIVE ARTS ACCESS

A small press newsletter, with Joe Cuomo.

6:30 NEWS

With Marty Goldensohn.

After the news: Hot Flashes, women's news
from Majority Report.

7:30 ILLUMINATIONS
A show exploring the life, people and issues
of New York City, as well as reports from
our elected officials in Washington. Pro-
duced by Bill Lynch.

8:30 EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE

Annette Samuels brings her expertise from
Community News Service to WBAI.

9:00 THE REAL LIVE LESBIAN SHOW

With Rebecca Tron and Carmen Garcia.

10:00 WEATHERBIRD

Jazz with Gary Ciddins.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

CASUAL LABOR

Live radio with David Levine.

5:00 EARTHWATCH

Live radio with Robert Knight.

7:00 RADIO CITY
-Live radio with Sara Fishko.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC
Jim Theobald presents the marvels of twen-
tieth century unpopular music.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE VELVET SLEDGEHAMMER

A one-hour version, rebroadcast from
sometime in the past. A women's magazine
of the air, with news, media notes, and
reports from the whole range of women's
activities. Produced by the Women's De-
partment.

1:00 ELPUENTE

A program about neighborhood organizing

in Hispanic communities. Produced by

Angel Aviles, Joe Cuomo and Marcos

Miranda.

1:30 PRAIRIE ECHOES

An all-western music program, including
western swing, cowboy and forties-style
country music, hosted by Paul Aaron.

3:00 BREAD AND ROSES

A welfare help line, coordinated by the
Radical Alliance of Social Service Workers.

4:00 PRAXIS

Live radio with Paul Mclsaac.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

page 9

WOMEN WRITERS
WANTED

Short submissions wanted for on-air
discussion and possible use as Folio
features.

Send short works in progress (two
copies, please) before March 10, to:

Viv Sutherland and Kate Ellis

WBAI, 359 East 62 Street

New York, New York 10021

A selection of the works we receive
will be read and discussed on WOM-
EN'S STUDIES: A ROOM OF ONE'S
OWN, on Saturday, March 18 at
3:00 P M (See program listing for
details.)

DEADLINE:
MARCH 10

6:30 NEWS

With Marty Goldensohn.

7:15 REPORT TO THE LISTENER

Rick Harris cogently explains every-
thing you, the listener, have been wonder-
ing about.

8:00 HOUSE OF MAGIC

BILL GLINN: AN INTERVIEW

AND READING

The author of The Black Picture Show and

Gunji and Hess is interviewed by director

Oz Scott and playwright Aisha Rahman.

Produced by Steve Cannon.

9:30 A READING BY MERVYN TAYLOR

Taylors poetry has appeared in Black Cre-
ation, Rock Against the Wind and 360
Degrees of Blackness Coming At You. Pro-
duced by Wesley Brown.

10:00 BIX AND BEYOND

Jazz with Dick Sudhalter.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

LFVE FROM THE NUYORICAN
POET'S CAFE

Live music, radio drama, interviews,
poetry.

Wn^,

3:00 To be announced.

5:00 AMERICAN PIE

Live radio and rock-and-roll music, with

Ira Leibin.

7:00 ROOM 101

Live radio with Steve Post.

page 10

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC

Happy birthday, Christa Ludwigl Best

wishes from Manya.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

POLITICAL POSSIBILITIES FOR
ECOLOGICAL FUTURES

A talk given by Sheldon Wolin, author and
professor of politics at Princeton Univer-
sity. This lecture is one of a series given last
fall at Ramapo College of New Jersey.

1:00 PLANETARY CrriZENS

More than 200.000 people in over sixty
countries have been issued planetary pass-
ports by Planetary Citizens, an advisory
body to the United Nations. Donald Keys,
registrar of Planetary Citizens, discusses
the passport, the movement from national
to global consciousness, national "person-
alities", and the correlation between per-
sonal development and political struggle.
Interview by Robert Knight.

1:30 A TASTE OF THE BLUES

Part Four of Tom Pomposello's history of
the New York City blues scene.

3:00 BREAD AND ROSES

To be armounced.

4:00 THE NEXT SWAN

Live radio writh Mickey Waldman.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

6:15 COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

6:30 NEWS

With Marty Goldensohn.

7:30 URBAN FREE DELIVERY

A weekly radio magazine, with interviews,
news analysis and features, produced by
Celeste Wesson and the Public Affairs De-
partment.

8:30 RADIO ACTIVrrY

A report on nuclear energy and the anti-
nuclear movement. Produced by Jon Kalish.

9:00 EVERYWOMANSPACE

THE HOSPUS: DYING WITH DIGNITY

A look at the hospus and its role in assisting
the terminally ill and their families, with
nurses who work at the Hospus in St.
Luke's Hospital. Produced by Rosemarie
Reed.

10:00 JAZZ SAMPLER
Jimmy Rushing and Joe Turner. Two hours
with the masters of the southwest style.
Presented by Bill Farrar.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE FAMILY ELECTRIC THEATER
PRESENTS FORGOTTEN
CHILDHOOD FRIENDS. . . .

Bucky Beaver, Speedy Alka Seltzer, Mr.
Dirt, Mr. Clean, Mr. Pain, the Gold Dust
Twins, the N.B.C. Peacock, Froggy,
Clowny, Speedo and Mr. Earl. A nostalgic
tiptoe through people you have loved and
eaten, but not necessarily in that order.
Live radio with Michael Teitelbaum, Nick
Petron, and Andy Bleiberg.

fvtWyy

5:00 HOUR OF THE WOLF

The Friday morning science fiction extrava-
ganza, with Jim Freund.

7:00 ROOM 101

Live radio with Steve Post.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC
Presented by Ted Cohen.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

URBAN FREE DELIVERY

A weekly magazine of public ^lffairs. Re-
broadcast from March 16.

1:00 RADIOACTIVITY
Jon Kalish examines the nuclear industry
and the anti-nuclear movement. Rebroad-
cast from March 16.

1 :30 IRISH REBEL THEATER

This program was recorded at New
York's Abbey Theater on November
19, 1972. It features the Chieftains, an
Irish group, for the first time in the
United States, and includes perfor-
mances by Ron Duncan, Katholeen
Kemohan and Brian Herron. The con-
cert includes folk ballads, IRA. and
civil rights songs, and a reading from
The Toin, a work of Irish oral litera-
ture. This program was recorded by
Mickey Waldman and Judy Sherman,
and produced by Bill Wurst.

3 : 00 BREAD AND ROSES

Community report from the Columbia
Tenants Uruon.

4:00 THE NEXT SWAN

Live radio with Mickey Waldman.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

6:30 NEWS

With Marty Goldensofm.

7:15 WHAT'S UP?

A program about astronomy and the known
universe, with Dr. Mark Chartrand, chair-
man of the American Museum Hayden
Planetarium . Produced by Mark Chartrand
and Jim Freund.

8:00 GAY RAP

With Greg Gazis, Frank Richter and Da\'id

Wynyard.

10:00 SCRAPPLE FROM THE APPLE
Jazz with Jamie Katz.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

LISTENING WITH WATSON

Live radio and classical music, with Bill
Watson.

//3

5:00 A LONG TIME COMING
AND A LONG TIME GONE

Live radio with Stacyann Pober.

8:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEWS REBROADCAST

8:30 THE KID SHOW

With Bill Greene and special guests.

11:00 THE GOLDEN AGE OF RADIO

We conclude our rebroadcast of the Black
Mass series with The Squaw by Bram
Stoker, Proof Positive by Graham Greene,
and The Witch of the Willows by Lord
Dunsany. Produced for WBAI by Paul
Wunder.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

LUNCHPAIL

Live radio with Paul Gorman.

2:00 THE PIPER IN THE
MEADOW STRAYING

Folk and folk-based music from the British
Isles and North America. Produced by Ed-
ward Haber.

3:00 WOMEN'S STUDIES
A Room of One's Own. The second in a
series of on-the-air creative writing work-
shops for women.

(Short works in progress for discussion and
possible publication as Folio features should
be submitted by March 10.) Hosted by Viv
Sutherland and Kate Ellis. Produced by Viv
Sutherland.

4:00 EL RINCON CALIENTE

Latin music with Carlos De Leon.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

MISCELLANY

6:30 NEWS

With Abraham Aig.

7:00 STATIC

Members of Congress are working on the
first major national communications policy
legislation since the Federal Communica-
tions Act of 1934. Tfus week we'll discuss
how the bill may affect our access to satel-
lite, cable and broadcast technology. Pro-
duced by Amie IClein.

8:00 HALIMATOURE

Halima talks of Muslim life, health, natviral
medicine and herbs, among other things.

9:00 FREE MUSIC STORE
To be announced.

11:00 MAUREEN OWEN: AN
INTERVIEW AND READING

Maureen Owen was bom in Minnesota and
grew up there and in California. At present
she is program coordinator at the St. Marks
Poetry Project in New York City, a mem-
ber of the advisory board of CCLM (Coun-
cil of Coordinating Literary Magazines) and
the editor of Telephone Magazine and
Telephone Books.

She is the author of Coimtry Rush, The
No Travels Journal, and most recently.
Brass Choir Approaches the Burial Ground.

The program is funded by a grant from
the National Endowment of the Arts in
Washington, DC, a federal agency.
Produced by Susan Howe.

12:00 THE LATE NEWS

With Abraham Aig.

PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

IN THE DARK

Night radio with Joe Frank.

5:00 SOUNDTRACK
Live radio with Paul Wunder: rapping
about the cinema. Film music, movie re-
views, interviews, LIVE phone-in.

8:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

8:30 HERE OF A SUNDAY MORNING
Early and baroque music, with Chris
Whent.

11:00 INTHESPIRrr

Spiritual discussions with Lex Hixon.

1:00 THE VELVET SLEDGEHAMMER

A women's magazine of the air, featuring
Hot Flashes from Majority Report, plus
news, media notes, and reports from the
entire range of women's activities. Pro-
duced by the Women's Department.

2:00 PRISONS: INSIDE AND OUT

A day of programming (interrupted only
for the 6:30 news) about prisons — life on
the inside, life on the outside. Prison art,
prison poetry, women in prisons, support
groups (such as the Fortune Society) and
prison music — as well as interviews with
prisoners, and calls from former prisoners.
Producers from the Drama and Literature,
Urban Affairs, Public Affairs, Music, and
Women's Departments will come together
to work on this specicd day. Produced by
Joe Cuomo and Elaine Baly.

March Folio

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March foXio

page 11

Mulberry Street, photographer and date unknown. The scene of THE BREAD
GIVERS by Anzia Yezierska, which can be heard in installments on Monday
evenings at 10:00 P.M.

12:00 THE LATE NEWS

With Abraham Aig.

PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

AIR HOSE

If you finish before time is called, you may
check your work on this section only. DO
NOT work on any other section. With your
proctor, Mike Sappol.

5:00 LIVE RADIO

With Beaumont Small.

7:00 THE MONDAY MORNING SHOW

Live radio with Clayton Riley.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS
NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC

He was loo much for WFIU, so they spread
him around, and we ended up with him. It's
really him— that exuberant cynicism we
still talk about back here on the farm. It's
James Irsay, not live, not in person, but
exactly as he appeared before WFIU audi-
ence out in Indiana, and loaned through the
kindness of that station.

11:00 MOTHER MALLARD'S
PORTABLE MASTERPIECE COMPANY
IN PERFORMANCE AT THE DIPLOMAT
The Continuing Story of Counterpoint by
David Borden was performed in the grand
ballroom of the Hotel Diplomat on April
26, 1977. David Borden, Judith Borsherand
Chip Smith perform on Moog synthesizers
with guest artists Joan La Barbara, soloist,
Cindy Recker, speaker, and the Thomas
Sokol Chorale, conducted by Mr. Sokol.
With live mixing on location by Steve
Drews and vocal mixing by Kurt Mankacsi,
this recording was engineered and pro-
duced by Edward Haber and Jim Freund.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

page 12

MORE THAN HALF THE WORLD

Live radio with Judie Pasternak.

2:00 STRICKLY ROOTS

Reggae with Roger Trilling.

3:00 BREAD AND ROSES

The Summer School Funding Program —
what it is, how it works, and how com-
munity organizations can become involved.
Coordinated by Linda LaViolette.

4:00 ADVENTURES IN JAZZ

With Mickey Bass.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

6 : 15 COMMUNITY BULLETIN BOARD

6:30 NEWS

With Marty Goldensohn.

7:30 THOR'S HAMMER: A WEEKLY
REVIEW OF THE ARTS

Mostly of poetry and fiction, this week
presented by Marie Ponsot. Produced by
Marie Ponsot and Joe Cuomo.

8:00 AT THE CORNER OF RATBUSH
AND CHURCH : A REPORT
FROM BROOKLYN

When Jimmy Carter wanted to demonstrate
his concern for urban problems, he took a
quick tour of the South Bronx. He could
have learned more by going to Brooklyn.
Brooklynites, long accustomed to being the
butt of the nation's jokes, have shown that
city neighborhoods can be both gracious
and humane. It isn't yet paradise, though,
and tonight's report will focus on some
problems still to be tackled: neighborhood
preservation, health care, mortgage redlin-
ing, and the new Gateway National Park.
Produced by Abraham Aig.

9:00 OUR CITY, OUR LIVES

A report on women's groups and activities
around the city, with Jerry Hatch.

10:00 THE BREAD GIVERS

In which Mashah and Fania have ad-
mirers but Bessie has nobody — until
Berel Bernstein, a shop cutter, wants to
ask her hand in marriage. With com-
mentary by historian Alice Kessler
Harris. Directed by Nina Mende, and
produced by Beth Friend, Gail Pellett
and Nina Mende.

11:00 GOING HOME TO CUBA

Four young Cuban-Americans— sons and
daughters of Cubans who fled the Revo-
lution—recently returned to Cuba as part
of a special brigade. In this program, they
discuss who they overcame the anti-Cuban
sentiments in the exile community here,
and their impressions of Cuba. Produced
by Paul Heath Hoeffel.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

ROUND MIDNIGHT

If it doesn't snow tonight, Leonard Lopate's
guest will be Bernard Brightman, founder
of Stash Records.

5:00 SKYLITE

Live radio with Linda Perry.

7 : 00 THE TUESDAY MORNING SHOW
Live radio with Clayton Riley.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC

Presented by Judith Cohn.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

OF MORE THAN PASSING INTEREST

THE BROOKLYN MUSEUM ART
SCHOOL PRISON PROGRAM

Barbara Londin talks with Harry Bernard,
Linda Schrank, instructors; Marc Mellon,
assistant director, and Reggie Green, schol-
arship student and former inmate, about
the aims and results of this program.

1:00 THOR'S HAMMER: A WEEKLY
REVIEW OF THE ARTS

Rebroadcast from March 20.

1:30 THE LATIN MUSICIANS HOUR

With Max Salazar.

3:00 BREAD AND ROSES

The Grey Panthers.

4:00 LIVE RADIO
With Pepsi Charles.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

6:15 ALTERNATIVE ARTS ACCESS

A small press newsletter, with Joe Cuomo.

6:30 NEWS

With Marty Goldensohn.

After the news : Hot Flashes, women's news
from Majority Report.

7:30 ILLUMINATIONS
A show exploring the life, people and issues
of New York City, as well as reports from
our elected officials in Washington. Pro-
duced by Bill Lynch.

8: JO CARIBBEAN CURRENTS

News and reviews of life in the Islands,

with Annette Walker.

9:00 THE REAL LFVE LESBIAN SHOW

With Carmen Garcia and Rebecca Tron.

10:00 WEATHERBIRD

Jazz with Gary Giddins.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

CASUAL LABOR

Live radio with David Levine.

5:00 EARTHWATCH

An equinox celebration with Robert Knight.

7:00 RADIO cmr

Live radio with Sara Fishko.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC

And not any of that old-fashioned kind of
music. Presented by Jim Theobald.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

GEORGE GERDES IN CONCERT

"At the heart of the friendship between
India and the United States is our deter-
mination that the moral values of our peo-
ple must guide the actions of our deter-
mination that the moral values conscious
creations of men and women who believed
that spiritual principles could find political
expression."

George Gerdes explains this quote of the
day from the New York Times of January
4, 1978, continues with the problem of
finding true synonyms and antonyms of the
word "frog", and finishes with a lecture on
the significance of the absurdist musical.
Yucca Flats. Satirical songs, recorded at
Kenny's Castaways on January 12, 1978 by
Edward Haber, Bill O'Neill and Lyrui
Samuels, from a live mix by Don Hill.

1:00 MASTERS OF THE COMIC BOOK
ART FORM

Gil Kane, Part Two. Kane is the creator
and illustrator of Star Hawks, an inno-
vative comic strip appearing daily in the
New York Post. Produced by Dan Stem.

1:30 THAT'S THE WAY I LIKE rr

Popular music with Georgia Christgau.

3:00 BREAD AfJD ROSES

Self-help mutual aid groups — alternatives
to the medical and psychiatric establish-
ment. In this program. Dr. Virginia Gold-
ner speaks with members of various self-
help groups.

March Folio

STAB AT THE SEVENTIES

When Steve Post was a boy, he never got any mail and he envied people who
ran to the mailbox every day to pull out what appeared to be a pile of fascinating
communications. What he did not understand was that most of this mail was
drugstore sale notices and alumni newsletters.

Steve Post vowed. Til never go without letters again. When I grow up, I'll get
so much mail, they'll have to give me my own zipcode."

To this end, he devised the idea of contests, realizing that everyone in this
dog-eat-dog society of ours is driven to compete, even to be first car at a red light.
(Even this writer could not resist phoning in to a Boring Story Contest that man
held, to exploit our compulsion to excel.)

Now, Steve's desk is once again littered with bulging manila envelopes. We
have taken the liberty of borrowing them and printing selections, because we felt
that the brilliance and sensitivity expressed in these letters deserved the less
ephemeral medium of print.

We wish to point out that these selections do not represent Mr. Post's choices.
The following is a scant .01 percent of the responses. These are not necessarily the
winners or losers of this contest. We reserve to Mr. Post the right to aesthetic
judgments.

J.R.

THE NEW YORK TIMES

DATELINE: DECEMBER 31, 1979

SAN CLEMENTE, CALIFORNIA— Richard Nixon, who resigned the presidency

in a sea of public humiliation and lucrative book contracts, tonight announced

his candidacy for the 1980 presidential election.

The ex-president, looking fit after a stay in the hospital for cosmetic plastic
surgery, announced his candidacy by saying, "The American public is quick to
forget. I'm sure they believe i've learned from my past mistakes."

At his side was his wife Pat, dressed in a respectable Republican cloth coat with
matching diamonds, and Nixon's new press secretary, David Frost.

When asked about a possible running mate, Nixon replied, "Probably Jerry
Ford. 1 owe him a favor. "

T.D.
Cresskill, N.J. t

"To every action there is an equal and opposite reaction." If one considers the 5!
sixties as the "Age of Action," the seventies are the 'Age of Reaction." *

J.M.E.
New York

.... CITIMAC is just around the comer. In fact, during the latest remodeling job
this month at my EasyBank, all tellers have been replaced by talking television
screens. And how wonderful it is. They ask me how I am; what I would like; i*^
there's anything else they can do to be helpful — all in all, providing the most
cheerful and efficient service this side of WEINER QUEEN. Frankly, I've devel-
oped a rather meaningful relationship with one of the new computer tellers, perky
and cute as a button, who practically sings to me and reminds me of the "Have It
Your Way" lady on TV. ...

Anonymous

How about, "SLOPPY SECONDS OF THE SIXTIES"?

D.A.

Since childhood ve had a deathly fear of competition (or, more precisely, losing).
So, I paid little attention to the contest. . but after you read the first week's
worth of entries, my spirits rose. The entires were awful! With rare self-con-
fidence, I said to myself, "I can do better than that, maybe."

Unfortunately, another week slipped by before I got my letter to you, and one
entry in particular put my attempts to shame. Basically, it expounded the doc-
trine of "Dynamic Apathy" (to paraphrase, "You bug me so much, you almost
make me want to do something about it"). Now, I'm not going to bother entering,
and whats more, 1 don't even care about your ridiculous contest anymore.

A child of the seventies

The Twenties:

Boom

The Thirties:

Gloom

The Forties :

Doom

The Fifties;

Zoom

The Sixties;

Whoom

The Seventies;

Blap

W.S.
New York

Maybe more of us became more of what we are and learned to pay attention to
the facts, beauty and variety of life— simple truths.

THANK YOU FOR SUPPORTING FREE

RADIO

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I see the seventies as the Karen Quinlan decade — the era in which we all fell into a
deep coma but for some obscure reason refused to die. May the eighties bring an
end to this condition, one way or another.

D.G.
Brooklyn

Whales continued to die prematurely.

Marlon Brando was reborn.

The FDA banned everything but lettuce and grapes.

Burger King banned the FDA.

Morris banned the Museum of Natural History.

Boston banned Morris's autobiography, which contained a nude centerfold.

The coup long awaited by WBAI finally occurred— at WBAI.

On the west coast, witches announced plans for an anti-defamation league. . . .

Howard Hughes died, flying over Texas, after denying the existence of Mae
Brussell. (Have you ever seen them together?)

Timothy Leary, flying over California, denied the existence of Bob Dylan.

Jerry Rubin appeared with William Buckley.

Cleaver, Colson and Carter found Christ.

P. and I. found — and lost — each other.

Sonny lost Cher.

NBC lost Barbara.

CBS lost Mary Richards.

The Hershey bar lost another ounce.

New York City's short mayor welcomed tall ships.

And Neptune, New Jersey (my illustrious place of birth) boasted an Oscar win-
ner. (Guess who.)

P.M.
Belmar, New Jersey

The seventies are as a cup of the fifties and sixties, but with a twist of lemon, and
a bit of honey.

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Bertha Belle Brown

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5 : 00 CLOSING THE GAP BETWEEN
POSTAL RATES AND PHILOSOPHY

We were at a crossroads, one rainy morn-
ing in upstate New York. We all decided to
set out in different directions to have ad-
ventures. 1 said I was opting for a train
wreck. So we all took off down the high-
ways. I thought we should agree to meet
here a year hence to relate what's happened
to us during that time. But it was too late to
tell everyone. Live radio with Jessica Raimi.

8:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

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LUNCHPAIL

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Folk and folk-based music from the British
Isles and North America, produced by Ed-
ward Haber.

3:00 WOMEN'S STUDIES
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from her new unpublished work. Halluci-
nations.

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ecutive producer : DaveMetzger.

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Urban ecology with Liz Christy.

9:00 FREE MUSIC STORE

To be armounced.

11 : 00 AN INTERVIEW WITH
CHAYYM ZELDIS

Bill Kortum talks with iconoclastic novelist
Chayym Zeldis about his art, the problems
of today's world, and Mr. Zeldis' activities
with American ORT (Organization for
Rehabilitation through Training) to right
some of those problems. Zeldis is the au-
thor of The Marriage Bed (G.P. Putnam)
and Brothers (Random House).

12:00 THE LATE NEWS

With Abraham Aig.

PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

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Live radio with Paul Wunder: rapping a-
bout the cinema, film music, movie re-
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NEWS REBROADCAST

8:30 HERE OF A SUNDAY MORNING
Early and baroque music, with Chris
Whent.

11:00 IN THE SPIRIT

Spiritual discussiotis with Lex Hixon.

1:00 THE VELVET SLEDGEHAMMER
A women's magazine o( the air, featuring
Hot Flashes from Majority Report, plus
news, media notes, and reports from the
entire range of women's activities. Pro-
duced by the Women's Department.

2:30 THE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
GOSPEL PROGRAM

A weekly survey of one of the richest and
most sadly neglected of all the American
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Lopate.

4:00 WELCOME TO OUR WORLD

Live radio with Ellis Haizlip.

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MISCELLANY

6:30 NEWS

With Abraham Aig.

7:00 THROUGH THE OPERA GLASS
Verdi's I Due Fascari, presented by Martin
Sokol.

9:30 AUDIO EXPERIMENTAL THEATER
Everything Exists Nothing Has Value by

Joanne Akalides. Objective incidents and
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and Juliet Glass. Directed by Joanne
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This program was made possible by a grant
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10:00 AUDIO EXPERIMENTAL

THEATER

The Intestinal Skylark.

A leg of lamb
A loin of pork

A human hand with five fingers
A radio on the topmost kitchen shelf
A drummer
Hmmmmm. ..."

Performance and interview with Steve and
Gloria Tropp. Produced by Mike Sappol.

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6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

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REVIEW OF THE ARTS

Mostly of poetry and fiction, this week
presented by Harry Smith. Produced by
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8 : 00 CAN FT BE DONE : THE CITY
PLAN FOR THE SOUTH BRONX

Recently the city came up with a large-
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plan, to see if it's another political pipe
dream— or if it offers real possibilities. Pro-
duced by Gregory Firaga.

9 : 00 OUR CITY, OUR LIVES
Neighborhoods. Women discuss the values,
traditions and ethnic identity of New York's
neighborhoods, and their memories of
growing up in them. Second in a three-part
series. Produced by Christine Noschese and
Rosemarie Reed.

10:00 THE BREAD GIVERS

In which Mashah falls in love with
Jacob Novak, a concert pianist, and
son of a wealthy Grand Street mer-
chant. With commentary by historian
Alice Kessler Harris. Directed by Nina
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11:00 HEARING MUSIC

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they might be and how you can enjoy
and use them. Tonight, loudness — or
softness. Produced by Jim Theobald.

A program on music and sound — what
they might be and how you can enjoy and
use them. Tonight, loudness— or softness.
Produced by Jim Theobald.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

■ROUND MIDNIGHT

Live radio with Leonard Lopate. Tonight,
the notorious interview by Chris Albertson
with Ruby Smith. Bessie Smith's niece. The
raciest stuff you ever heard.

NOTE: This program contains frank lan-
guage, to say the least. If you feel you might
be offended by such language, please tune
away and rejoin us for:

An interview with iconoclastic novelist Chayym Zeldis, Saturday, March 25 at
11:00 P.IVI.

5:00 SKYLITE ' » %< t^

Live radio with Linda Perry.

7 : 00 THE TUESDAY MORNING SHOW
Live radio with Clayton Riley.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC
Presented by Gregory Reeve.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEW YORK AS YOU DONT KNOW IT

The unknown wonders of Manhattan.
Barbara Londin talks with Sidney Horen-
stein.

1:00 THOR'S HAMMER: A WEEKLY
REVIEW OF THE ARTS

Rebroadcast from March 27.

1:30 THE LATIN MUSICIANS HOUR
With Max Salazar.

3:00 BREAD AND ROSES

People's Law Update. A rebroadcast of
Under Surveillance: Past and Present. Co-
ordinated by Bob Lefcourl.

4:00 LIVE RADIO
With Pepsi Charles.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

6:15 ALTERNATIVE ARTS ACCESS

A small press newsletter, with Joe Cuomo.

6:30 NEWS

With Marly Goldensohn.

After the news: Hot Flashes, women's news
from Majority Report.

7:30 ILLUMINATIONS
A program exploring the life, people and
issues of New York City, as well as reports
from our elected officials in Washington.
Produced by Bill Lynch.

8 : 30 EAST SIDE, WEST SIDE

Annette Samuels brings her expertise from

Community News Service to WBAI.

9:00 THE REAL LFVE LESBIAN SHOW
With Rebecca Tron and Carmen Garcia.

10:00 WEATHERBIRD
Jazz with Gary Giddins.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOlffJCEMENTS

CASUAL LABOR

Live radio with David Levine.

5:00 EARTHWATCH

Outer space begins at the epidermis. Live

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7:00 RADIO CFTY

Live radio with Sara Fishko.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC

All it requires is an open mind. Presented
by Jim Theobald.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

REPORT FROM THE AAAS

The American Association for the Ad-
vancement of Science has just held its
annual meeting. This program, the first
in a series, will include tapes and inter-
views on topics covered at the meet-
ings: sociobiology, genes and gender,
recombinant DNA, environmental
health hazards, the frontiers of. science,
new approaches to family life, and
science policy issues. Produced by Bob
and Eileen Zalisk.

1:00 ELPUENTE

Neighborhood organizing in Hispanic com-
munities. Produced by Angel Aviles, Joe
Cuomo and Marcos Miranda.

1:30 OUTSIDE IN

A rebroadcast of an interview conducted
last summer with John Martyn, a musician
who incorporates jazz, folk and blues ele-
ments in his music. Produced by Edward
Haber.

3:00 BREAD AND ROSES
People's Law Update : How to sue the bas-
tards. Small claims courts and civil suits.
Coordinated by Bob Lefcourt.

4:00 PRAXIS

Live radio with Paul Mclsaac.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

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A CHRONOLOGY OF
PACIFICA FOUNDATION v. FCC

October 30, 1973

VVBAI, New York, broadcasts the George Carlin cut
entitled "Filthy Words" at about 2:CX) p.m. during the
regularly scheduled program Lunchpail which, on this
date, included a discussion of contemporary society's
attitudes toward language.

November 28, 1973

A New York man who, while driving with his young
son on October 30, 1973, heard the WBAI broadcast,
writes a letter to the FCC complaining about the use of
such language on the air.

December 10, 1973

The FCC sends a letter of inquiry to WBAI asking for a
description of the circumstances surrounding the broad-
cast.

January 8, 1974

WBAI responds to the FCC letter of inquiry.

February 21, 1975

FCC releases a Declaratory Order concerning the broad-
cast of "indecent" language. It ties the definition of "in-
decent" language to words that describe, "in terms
patently offensive as measured by contemporary com-
munity standards for the broadcast medium, sexual or
excretory activities and organs, at times of the day when
there is a reasonable risk that children may be in the
audience." [56 FCC2d 94, 98 (1975).] The broadcast of
the Carlin monologue is found to be indecent under
this standard, although no sanctions are imposed against
WBAI. The Order is associated with WBAI's license file.
The full text of the FCC's Order may be found at 56
FCC2d94(1975).

August, 1975

WBAI files an appeal of the FCC's Declaratory Order
with the Untied States Court of Appeals for the D.C.
Circuit.

December 10, 1975

The FCC files its brief in opposition to WBAI's with the
Court of Appeals.

January, 1976

WBAI files a reply to the FCC's brief.

March 30, 1976

The Court of Appeals hears oral argument in the case.

March 16, 1977

The Court of Appeals reverses the FCC's Order by a 2-1

vote. The judge's opinions may be found at 556 F.2d 9
(D.C. Cir. 1977).

May 10, 1977

The Court of Appeals denies the FCC's petition for
rehearing.

October, 1977

The FCC petitions the Supreme Court for a writ of
certiorari, requesting the Court to review the judgment
of the Court of Appeals.

December, 1977

The FCC files a reply to WBAI's opposition.

January, 1978

The Supreme Court grants the FCC's petition for certi-
orari, and thereby agrees to hear full arguments on the
merits of the case. The FCC's brief is scheduled to be
filed on February 23, 1978, and WBAI's is scheduled to
be filed thirty days thereafter. No date for oral argument
is set, although the Court indicates it may occur some-
time in April, 1978.

6:30 NEWS

With Marty Goldensohn.

7:15 SPECTRUM: CONVERSATIONS
ABOUT AUDIO

Antenna systems and radio reception —
some new developments and a review of
some old concepts. Hosted by Rodger
Parsons.

8:00 AUDRELORDE: INTERVIEW
AND READING

Audre Lorde's books of poetry include The
First Cities, Cables to Rage, From a Land
Where Other People Live, (nominated (or a
National Book Award), Coal, and, most
recently. Between Ourselves. Produced by
Wesley Brown.

9:30 POETRY:
JIM HARRISON READING
Harrison has written three novels: Wolf, A
Good Day to Die (Simon and Schuster) ^md
Farmer (Viking) ; and four books of poetry :
Plainsong and Locations (Norton), Outlier
and Letters to Yesinir (Simon and Schus-
ter). He lives on a farm in northern Michi-
gan. This program was made possible by a
grant from the National Endowment for the
Arts in Washington, D.C, a federal agency.

PLEASE NOTE: This program contains
frank language. If you feel you would be
offended by such language, please tune
away and rejoin us for

10:00 BLX AND BEYOND

Jazz with Dick Sudhalter.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

LIVE FROM THE NUYORICAN
POET'S CAFE

Poetry, music, interviews, radio drama.

T?i««jW

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3:00 AMERICAN PIE

Live radio and rock music with Ira Liebin.

7:00 ROOM 101

Live radio with Steve Post.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC
To be annoimced.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

WORK A COUPLE OF HOURS A DAY

Daniel Singer interviews the authors of
Work a Couple of Hours a Day, published
last year in France.

1:30 A TASTE OF THE BLUES

A survey of rhythm and blues with Billy
Vera, composer, musician and noted
rhythm and blues record collector.

3:00 BREAD AND ROSES

People's Law Update : How to sue for large
claims. Coordinated by Bob Lefcourt.

4:00 THE NEXT SWAN

Live radio with Mickey Waldman.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

6:15 COMMUNPTY BULLETIN BOARD

6:30 NEWS

With Marty Goldensohn.

7:15 THE CARLIN CASE

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear
the Federal Communications Commis-
sions's case against WBAI— a case that
could decide whether the government
has the right to bar 'sensitive lan-
guage" from the air. Last spring the
U.S. Court of Appeals decided in
WBAI's favor, stating that the FCC
had improperly engaged in censorship.

page 16

Now this decision is in danger of being
overturned. Paul Gorman and Joe
Cuomo will present live and taped
segments recounting the case, putting
it in an historical perspective, and il-
lustrating its possible ramifications.
Produced by Paul Gorman and Joe
Cuomo.

10:00 JAZZ SAMPLER
Don Redman. His early arrangmg and in-
strumental career, with Fletcher Hender-
son, McKinney's Cotton Pickers, and his
own groups, large and small. Presented by
Bill Farrar.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

THE FAMILY ELECTRIC THEATRE IS
BROUGHT TO YOU TONIGHT BY
SEVERAL UNSOLICITED GRANTS . .

Lee, W.T., Bob and Ulysses— So we bit
em. Live radio with Mike Teitelbaum, Nick
Petron and Andy Bleiberg.

f^^^^l

5:00 HOUR OF THE WOLF

The Friday morning science fiction extrava-
ganza, with Jim Freund.

7:00 ROOM 101

Live radio with Steve Post.

9:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

NEWS REBROADCAST

9:30 MORNING MUSIC

To be announced.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

SALUD

Take the money and run: national health
programs. Martha Katz talks with Hila
Richardson of Columbia University's
School of Public Health about what to look
for in national health programs.

12:30 ECOLOGICAL FUTURES:
ALTERNATIVES TO
TECHNOLOGICAL MINDSET

A talk by Philip Slater, author of Earth
Walk and The Pursuit of Loneliness. This
talk is one of a series of lectures given last
fall at Ramapo College of New Jersey.

1:00 TALL TALES AND
SHORT STORIES

A program for people who like to be read
to. Produced by Ondina Fiore.

1:30 GRASS ROOTS OF MUSIC

Kathy Kaplan and Frank Mare present the
best of traditional and old-time bluegrass
music. Produced by Don Wade.

3:00 BREAD AND ROSES

People's Law Update: Divorce laws. Co-
ordinated by Bob Lefcourt.

4:00 THE NEXT SWAN

Live radio with Mickey Waldman.

6:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

RADIO SERIAL

6:30 NEWS

With Marty Goldensohn.

7:15 WHAT'S UP?

A program about astronomy and the known
universe, with Dr. Mark Chartrand, chair-
man of the American Museum Hayden
Planetarium. Produced by Mark Chartrand
and Jim Freund.

8:00 GAY RAP

With Greg Gazis, Frank Richter and David

Wynyard.

10:00 SCRAPPLE FROM THE APPLE
Jazz with Jamie Katz.

12:00 PROGRAM ANNOUNCEMENTS

LISTENING WITH WATSON

Live radio and classical music with Bill

Watson. , _ ,.

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WANTED DESPERATELY: tape of the last 45 minutes of Friday, September 23
program "Street Music," with Bob Fass's guest appearance. Contact Lynn
Samuels, WBAI, 359 East 62 St., 10021.

FOR SALE: Beaulieu 4008-ZM-ll super-8 sound camera, Angenieux, 8 — 64
variable speed power zoom, charger, sound barney, crystal synch, extras,
mint condition. Call Alan 874-5679.

FOR PEOPLE IN THE ARTS- PRIVATE OR CROUP THERAPY by a psychotherapist
and spare-time writer who has worked successfully with musicians, actors, sing-
ers, writers, painters, etc. Mature, nonsexist, nonracist, affordable fees. (212)
595-1022

RICHIE— Buttercups for the first day of spring. — Michelle.

Have you ever wired a recording studio?

Maybe you've worked for Telco. Is electron-
ics assembly your specialty? Perhaps you've
prepared cable harnesses for aircraft or
computers. . .

Then again, you may have a "First Phone"
or an "E.E."

In any case, your talents may be very useful
to WBAI. If you can volunteer your services
for menial but rewarding work with our en-
gineering department, please call 826-0400
and ask for Dave Marx.

T-shirts say MOSCOW AGENT, LOVE A COMMIE TODAY or UNEMPLOYED
100% cotton. Brown on tan $4.50 sent 1st class mail. Small thru Lg. MOURAD,
Box 787, Bergenfield, New Jersey 07621.

WANTED DESPERATELY: Copies of any James Irsay programs. Please contact
J. Berta, 17 Orchard Drive, Wappingers Falls, NY 12590

ADVERTISE IN THE FOLIO

Display advertisii\g in the Folio is now being accepted. Our rates are available on
request. Please contact Andrea Torrice or Bill Kortum at WBAI during business
hours, at 826-0400.

FREE COUNSELING based on the psychology of Jesus Christ "The truth shall
make you free ' Also free food and lodging for those in need Call 762-8615.

ARLENE— If you're so materialistic, I don't know what I ever saw in you. You
know what you can do Mary.

tAarch Folio

Classified ads that do not suggest an exchange of money (personal messages, free
pets, free counseling services, rides to share, etc.) will be printed free.

All others (instruction, merchandise, legal and paralegal services, medical and
paramedical services, recording and rehearsal studios, moving, carpentry, em-
ployment, etc.) will be printed at a cost of $1.00 per line (about 10 words per line).

Please send classified ads before the 10th of tfie preceding month to: Folio
editor, WBAI, 359 East 62 Street, New York, N.Y. 10021. Make checks (where
applicable) out to : WBAI Folio.

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More than 1/4 of
the world

Why is it that so much of the women's pro-
gramming has a homosexual or bisexual
bent? Let's have some more shows directed
toward the great majority of women!

R. Lehane

Needing money in the
worst way

Marathons are the worst way to raise mon-
ey, but I guess we can expect another one
this spring from the self-destructive folks at
WBAl. If you must, at least come up with
some new angles. What's most boring is to
hear some poor announcer trying to fill up
a half hour pitching with one idea in his/her
head. How about injecting a little humor
into the pitches next time? But it doesn't
matter, because I'll probably turn it off as I
always do. Donald Aviles

Eighty percent

WBAl has been my main radio station
for about ten years now, I stay home a lot
so I listen to a lot of radio and have gotten
an idea about how they operate.

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Ever since the shutdown and your going
back on the air, the station has become in-
creasingly boring. It's always been boring
at times, but now it's boring at least 80% of
the time, especially in the live radio de-
partment.

You say your aim is to appeal to minority
interests since other stations have a mass
audience commercial appeal. The trouble is
the minorities you appeal to are white
bourgeois oriented intellectuals, I'm not
making a racist remark but it's a fact that
most of your staff is Jewish, and while they
may think they're worldly wise, it's not
very interesting to those of us of a different
color and background. At least, not to the
people I know.

You have so many live radio people, each
with their own philosophy, and while it
may be heavy to them, it's to quote
Nietzsche, "the confession of its originator
and a species of involuntary and uncon-
scious autobiography," Then they have all
these phone callers with their philosophies.
I don't want to hear their personal problems
couched in seven syllable words. I've got
my own problems.

The best thing about these programs so
far has been the music. While you lost such
people as James Irsay and Julius Lester who
knew how to talk and play music, you have
Mike Sappol who knows his music but un-
fortunately, talks too much. Even what lit-
tle black programming you have is so
solemn, it's like attending a funeral some-
times.

Give us programming representative of a
greater cross section of people other than
the Jews, or another solution, programs
that are of interest to us "dumb majority, "
but with gre.ater depth than the other sta-
tions have. Either way, I think you'll bring
in more money and have a lot better shows.
Obie Hunt

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